NASA Developing Swarm of Smartphone-Sized Swimming Robots to Explore Oceans on Distant Planets

In a bid to bolster its exploration of distant worlds and dig deeper for signs of life, NASA has been working to develop a swarm of cell-phone-sized swimming robots. These would be able to swim in oceans underneath the thick icy shell and possibly bring evidence of the habitability of celestial bodies. The concept named…

NASA Launches First of Three Rockets to Investigate Alpha Centauri, Study Habitable Star Conditions

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched the first of three rockets that will be heading to the stars Alpha Centauri A and B. The X-ray Quantum Calorimeter (XQC) mission was launched on June 26 from Australia. It is the first NASA mission launched from a commercial facility outside the US. With…

Renesas Partners With Tata Motors for Semiconductor Development Amid Global Chip Shortage

Renesas and Tata Motors have partnered to design, develop and make semiconductor solutions, according to an announcement by the firms. Amid the ongoing global semiconductor shortage, Renesas will collaborate with Tata Motors on developing “next-generation automotive electronics” to accelerate the growth of electric and connected vehicles. The non-exclusive partnership…Read More

Twitter India Said to Be Granted Time Till July 4 to Comply With All Past Blocking Orders

Twitter has been issued a notice directing it to comply with all the government’s past orders by July 4, according to an official source. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has set the deadline for the microblogging service to comply with its blocking orders, failing which Twitter may lose intermediary status, which means it will…

BepiColombo Probe Makes Second Flyby of Mercury to Capture Intricate Geological Features

The BepiColombo mission of ESA/JAXA sent to study Mercury has successfully made its second flyby of the planet and has captured intricate images in the process. The mission, a joint project developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has been tasked with examining the least explored planet in the…

Xiaomi 12S Specifications Leaked, 50-Megapixel Leica Branded Triple Rear Cameras Tipped

Xiaomi 12S Ultra, Xiaomi 12S Pro, and Xiaomi 12S are all set to launch on July 4. Ahead of the launch, key specifications of the vanilla model have leaked online. It is tipped to feature Leica optics. From the onboard SoCs to the storage variants, here are all the key specifications revealed by the tipster.Read…